Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Keno

#6,433 most common boys' name of all time · #16,115 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1947–2025

Rank among boys
#6,433
Rank overall
#16,115 of 105,966
First appeared
1947
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
617
Since 2016
88
Peak year
1975 #2,108
Best rank
#2,103 1974
Girls Boys peak 22/yr
1960198020002020

Keno first appears in 1947. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 12 12 #6,866
2024 — 7 7 #10,060
2023 — 10 10 #7,842
2022 — 16 16 #5,677
2021 — 8 8 #8,972
2020 — 8 8 #8,859
2019 — 11 11 #7,273
2018 — 11 11 #7,234
2016 — 5 5 #12,457
2015 — 9 9 #8,175
2014 — 12 12 #6,719
2013 — 5 5 #12,403
2012 — 11 11 #7,133
2011 — 9 9 #8,190
2010 — 11 11 #7,170
2009 — 7 7 #10,037
2008 — 9 9 #8,455
2007 — 10 10 #7,703
2006 — 6 6 #10,896
2005 — 7 7 #9,309
2004 — 12 12 #6,220
2003 — 8 8 #8,020
2002 — 13 13 #5,469
2001 — 10 10 #6,553
2000 — 10 10 #6,432
1999 — 12 12 #5,396
1998 — 12 12 #5,235
1997 — 9 9 #6,238
1996 — 15 15 #4,262
1995 — 15 15 #4,121
1994 — 8 8 #6,551
1993 — 14 14 #4,302
1992 — 11 11 #4,994
1991 — 11 11 #4,880
1990 — 7 7 #6,623
1989 — 8 8 #5,828
1988 — 5 5 #7,601
1987 — 8 8 #5,146
1986 — 8 8 #5,035
1985 — 9 9 #4,495
1984 — 8 8 #4,709
1983 — 13 13 #3,314
1982 — 9 9 #4,393
1981 — 10 10 #3,992
1980 — 9 9 #4,288
1979 — 13 13 #3,276
1978 — 16 16 #2,741
1977 — 15 15 #2,855
1976 — 18 18 #2,464
1975 — 22 22 #2,108
1974 — 21 21 #2,103
1973 — 17 17 #2,372
1972 — 18 18 #2,212
1971 — 10 10 #3,284
1970 — 5 5 #5,115
1966 — 6 6 #3,818
1958 — 5 5 #4,355
1956 — 6 6 #3,859
1947 — 7 7 #3,366